Why is it that whenever Pittsburgh scores it seems like Wisniewski is always the person that is scored on? Management definitely needs to trade him or ship him to the AHL, he is our worst defender most games

Wiz is an OFFENSIVE defenseman. He's here to QB the PP and has the ability to get shots through to the net from the point to allow for tip-ins and rebounds. He's not here to shut teams top lines down, that's Fedor and Murray's job.

With all the extracurricular post play stuff they allowed Pittsburgh to do in game 5 and the first resemblance of it from a jacket player draws a penalty, it is unbelievable how unbalanced the officiating has been in just about every game in favor of Pittsburgh this series

If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee

not really. they ended up with 1 or 2 more penalties. that is the only game this series where they led power play oppurtunities. all of the other games the penguins have had 3 or 4 more chances a game. They also got called for a bs "snowing" the goalie penalty and then Pittsburgh blatantly got away with a stick to Bob's face last game with no call. It is very one-sided.

How about in the first period when Johansen chopped Crosby's stick in half when he was on a breakaway? He was behind him. That could have been called a penalty shot but nothing was called. Or when Glass was clearly flattened by an obvious high stick behind Bob's net with no call. Or that embellishment call on Kunitz after the CBJ was called for slashing him. That kept the Penguins from going on a 5-3 and instead gave the CBJ a PP that they scored on.

Admittedly, that snowing call was bullshit. I'm sorry you don't like the calls but it is going both ways.

If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee

embellishment was Kunitz's second embellishment of the game. First one led to a goal on the PP, and I still don't get how you can call a guy for a dive AND still give the penalty that he was trying to draw...

I dunno, I think it's been bad both ways. I concede that was a weak call that led to the second Malkin goal. But right before that first Malkin goal --- they missed a CBJ player hooking Crosby. Maybe it was a "make-up" call (?). And Dubinsky has repeateadly got away with crosschecking, while Wisnkiewski has got away with embellishing.

Also in game 4 there were some very bad calls. The Penguins got some early calls in their favor, but in the second period the refs definitely gave CBJ the benefit with some penalties against Pittsburgh (the one against Kunitz while Pittsburgh was on the PP comes to mind) and no-calls on CBJ (the high stick against Glass at the end of that second period).

If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee

Well this game was pretty much over already until the huge rally. Great season by a great group but it has been evident the past couple games we just don't have the defensemen that can stick handle and make on time stretch passes. Too often we rely on the forwards and centers to take the puck from blue line to blue line. Management definitely needs to overhaul some to most of the defensemen. Hopefully it clicks next year with Horton fully ready to play uninjured. We need 1 more bigger name to come here in free agency who wants to be here (unlike Carter and Gaborik)

I watched the entire 2nd period. That's the most consecutive minutes of hockey I've ever watched. Ever. I don't really know shit about hockey, but I can tell the Jackets are young. They're out skilled, they just try really effing hard. I could probably get into this.

Pens are a better team. The Jackets won simply because they have the most heart of any team I have ever watched. We have a few stars in the making (Jenner, Murray) but they are not even really close to being a star yet and they almost forced the Pens to game 7! You must of been watching a different hockey game. Or a troll. I would beleive both.

Yep. I have been very impressed with the CBJ fans. They have been loud as hell every home game in this series.

If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee

CBJ certainly put a scare into me. Better than a lot of seven game series I've seen.

If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~ Bruce Lee

Another great game by both teams. Fantastic series. The Jackets didn't come out of the box as strong this time and its always tough to dig out when down. Made a great stab at it though and time was our enemy. Shame the Pens had 4 so the final would have gone to OT or shootout. Congrats to the Pens for a great series and Thank you CBJ for a great season and looking forward to more of the same next year.

Word to the wise....complaining about penalty fairness is the lowest form of hockey analysis. In the playoffs, you're gonna be irate when your team gets called on, or you think there should've been a call on the other team. What do you expect, 9-0 power plays in favor of your team?

No, but some of the penalties (called both ways) were pretty shaky and inconsistent for an series this closely matched with 5 out of the 6 games being 4-3. Too many overall. I prefer an let them play format aside from clear penalties.

it's not so much complaining about fairness it is complaining about equality throughout a game. if a certain type of action i.e. "snowing" the goalie is called a penalty in one game against a team and then the opposition puts his stick in the mask of their goalie in the next game and nothing is called it emboldens inequality. Now those plays really had no outcome on the series but it was an example. Granted however the Jackets definitely had to play a little more on edge and hope some penalties weren't called bc they were outmatched in the finesse/skill department in this series.